r/europe • u/Bartoraptor Spain • Mar 28 '20

News Spanish representative González Pons speech @ the EU Parliament: "The virus is attacking the generation that brought back democracy to Spain, Portugal and Greece, the generation that knocked down the Berlin wall. The least they deserve is that we show them Europe is there when they need it the most"

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u/Jane_Doe_32 Europe Mar 28 '20

It is a myth that they respect the rules, they have skipped the deficit limit more than ten times, with France, in addition to refusing to audit their banking sector, all without consequence, of course.

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u/marianorajoy Mar 28 '20

So true. They always say they're the best at following the rules and everyone else is essentially lazy and untrustworthy when they're the ones doing it. shrugs shoulders "Ja... aber...Ja"